“The Olympics are coming,” my television set screamed at me. Everywhere I looked, I saw advertisements for sporting drinks, articles commenting on athletes, and friends from London updating their Facebook status with pictures of London 2012 ticket stubs. Without delay, I began looking up profiles of all the Israeli athletes that were competing.
- By Adina
- 06 Aug 2012
- 01:58PM
I am at the crossing of 4 current sports national favors, mirroring the countries I have lived in. I get the same updates, with the same fervor and nationalistic charge. This very article is repeated by all of these countries: I am not into sports, but there's something about these Olympics this year that makes me feel so proud, so French, so British, etc. It's actualy a bit depressing. We should all realize the Olympics are nothing but once-in-4-years war rehearsals. That's why the Israelis underperform so consistently: they don't really need this rehearsal, this regular nationalistic fix.
thank you
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